Do plane crash victims know/realize? (engines, jet)

[snowmountains]

I've read about some past airplane disasters. It's said the temperature high above is so low that if you fall out of the plane (as in one case a flight attendant did) you may become frozen within seconds, thus losing consciousness. That would be not that bad.

Also remember a plane crash survivor said that he had been sleeping during the flight, and woke up to find himself on a tree. Something like that.

I think in this MH17 case, the best thing would be if one was asleep.

For answers to such questions, I would not be so interested in what "experts" theorize--they may find they are wrong when its too late... Survivors' accounts would be more reliable.

[nightlysparrow]

The people on the Sully Hudson River landing plane knew they were going down, and in the documentary Brace For Impact they said passengers were abnormally quiet; many were writing notes to loved ones, praying, or silently reviewing their lives and coming to terms with death.

Not what I would have thought.

[Ghengis]

I'd be more comfortable if all the airlines would play a safety video before every flight.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FIl...yer_detailpage

[snowmountains]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

I'd be more comfortable if all the airlines would play a safety video before every flight.

Don't they? And has it ever helped in any accident at all?

[Mom2Feebs]

I wish those "oxygen" masks were something else entirely...something to put you to sleep.

[arctic_gardener]

If you're referring to MH-17, the pattern of injuries to the bodies suggests that some parts of the aircraft were destroyed directly by the missile hit, while others were not. In those sections that were not, people would have been sucked out - this violent motion would have resulted in limb fractures and dislocations. Unconsciousness due to oxygen deprivation would take about ten seconds at 30,000 feet.

We can only speculate about MH-370, since no cause has been established.

As for AF447, it is likely the passengers didn't know what was going on once the aircraft's vertical descent reached terminal velocity.

[snowmountains]

Maybe fastening the seat belt helps a little bit for chances of survival?

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by arctic_gardener

As for AF447, it is likely the passengers didn't know what was going on once the aircraft's vertical descent reached terminal velocity.

what do you consider terminal velocity???

[Mr. In-Between]

Originally Posted by Ghengis

I'd be more comfortable if all the airlines would play a safety video before every flight.

My favorite part was always "In the event that a water landing should become necessary..."

How many people did they pay to sit in a room for a few days and come up with the most innocuous way of phrasing that?

[timfountain]

You guys should lookup the time of useful consciousnesses at various altitudes. Here's a starting point:

Time of useful consciousness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hint - temperature has very little to do with it, O2 does....